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. 2011 Jan;127(1):49–57. doi: 10.1542/peds.2009-2306

TABLE 2.

Nonheterosexuality and Institutional Sanctions: Bivariate Analysis

Same-Sex Attraction
Same-Sex Relationship
Nonheterosexual Self-identification
Experienced Same-Sex Attraction (N = 2336), % (P)a Never Experienced Same-Sex Attraction (N = 12 863), % Reported Same-Sex Relationship (N = 820), % (P)a Did Not Report Same-Sex Relationship (N = 13 057), % Identified as LGB (Other Than 100% Heterosexual) (N = 1491), % (P)a Identified as 100% Heterosexual (N = 13 490), %
Expulsion from school 9.7 (.005)b 7.2b 9.6 (.25) 7.9 5.2 (.01)b 7.6b
    Female 5.8 (.009)b 3.5b 4.6 (.66) 4.1 4.7 (.24) 3.6
    Male 14.7 (.01)b 10.5b 15.9 (.12) 11.5 6.7 (.04)b 11.2b
Stopped by police 24.7 (<.0001)b 19.8b 26.2 (.018)b 21.1b 23.5 (.06) 20.5
    Female 16.2 (.0001)b 9.6b 14.1 (.15) 11.0 19.5 (<.0001)b 9.5b
    Male 35.9 (.003)b 29.4b 41.6 (.004)b 30.8b 33.5 (.33) 30.2
Arrested before the age of 18 6.3 (.09) 4.9 7.0 (.12) 5.3 5.2 (.94) 5.2
    Female 3.2 (.003)b 1.3b 3.1 (.08) 1.6 4.1 (<.0001)b 1.2b
    Male 10.3 (.20) 8.3 11.9 (.16) 8.8 8.0 (.78) 8.7
Juvenile conviction 2.9 (.25) 2.2 3.2 (.37) 2.5 2.4 (.85) 2.3
    Female 0.9 (.08) 0.4 1.0 (.12) 0.5 1.3 (.0004)b 0.4b
    Male 5.4 (.17) 3.9 5.9 (.38) 4.4 5.3 (.46) 4.1
Arrested after the age of 18 3.0 (.51) 2.6 2.9 (.91) 2.8 2.1 (.29) 2.8
    Female 1.1 (.015)b 0.3b 0.2 (.46) 0.5 1.5 (.0001)b 0.3b
    Male 5.4 (.58) 4.7 6.1 (.52) 4.9 3.5 (.38) 4.9
Adult conviction 6.7 (.032)b 5.2b 7.3 (.20) 5.7 5.3 (.84) 5.5
    Female 3.4 (<.0001)b 1.3b 2.5 (.40) 1.8 4.3 (<.0001)b 1.2b
    Male 11.0 (.10) 8.8 13.3 (.13) 9.5 8.1 (.56) 9.2
a

Numbers in parentheses represent the P value compared with heterosexual youth, defined by the absence of the given indicator of nonheterosexual status.

b

P ≤ .05.